In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.

A drug addict finds a baby in the gutter and raises it as her own.

An unemployed documentary filmmaker's behavior becomes increasingly erratic in the months after his wife becomes pregnant.

After a teenage boy's father goes to prison, he is forced to live with his older brother who has a compromising trade.

Pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.

A recently engaged woman plans a get-together so her parents can meet her fiancé's family. It turns out that his parents are Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

Four adults with mixed-up lives come home to their mother (Rue McClanahan), who is marrying a younger man (Patrick Duffy).